Michael Marx

Michael Marx, "Executive Director, Corporate Ethics International and Business Ethics Network, received his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he taught organizational behavior in the business school. He was the president of Selection Sciences, Inc. a San Francisco based management consulting firm for 10 years. His clients included Hewlett-Packard, Memorex, Fireman’s Fund, Transamerica, Pacific Bell, American Express, Riggs Bank, and other Fortune 1000 companies. Michael was a Board member of the Rainforest Action Network www.ran.org.

"He designed and then directed the International Boycott Mitsubishi Campaign for the Rainforest Action Network for four years. Michael then became the executive director of the Coastal Rainforest Coalition (CRC), which at the time had two staff (and budget of $200,000) to coordinate campaign efforts of five organizations (Greenpeace, Rainforest Action Network, American Lands Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Sierra Club) engaged in the Great Bear Rainforest Campaign.

"At the successful conclusion of the campaign, the coalition dissolved and he transformed CRC into ForestEthics www.forestethics.org, which at the time of his departure had grown to a staff of 18 and annual budget of $1.4 million within three years."